Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13158, Eben Goodnow, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Goodnow, Eben or Goodenow.
S. 13158.
carded
CONTENTS

see Cu Tr. - Sept. 23 d 1835 To Albany fr. 4 th Mar '35 - Oct. 7 th '35 -
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 th Sep 1840 to 4 th March 1841. Agt Notified 8 Dec 1841
Date of death not in G.B
Albany 1465 + Vermont
Eben Goodnow* of Shoreham in the State of Vermont who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Hartwell of the Reg t . commanded by _____ in the Mass. militia for 8 months.
Eben Goodnow Eben Goodnow. Records corrected. Jan'y 20/68
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of November 1832 and del d to S. Haight Present
Arrears to 4 th of Sept. 1832 39.99 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Mch 2 1833 13.33 $ 53.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. McDiffie Clerk Book D Vol. 4 Page 59

2014 Oliver Goodenough
C. Declaration
P.O. July 25
1832 1832

State of Vermont } On this 24 th day of July County of Addison, ss. A.D. 1832. personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of Addison County Court now sitting Eben Goodenow a resident of Sheddarn in the County of Addison and State of Vermont aged Sixty Seven years upwards who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtaining the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers during the war 7 th 1832. That on the fall of 1778 - his Brother Abner Goodenow enlisted into Capt Heatwell's Company in the Militia of Massachusetts for the term of five months and marched with said Company from Shrews- bury in the County of Worcester and State of Massachu- setts where he was then the said Ebene Goodenow then resided to Old Rutland, in the County of Worcester - and that the said Abner Goodenow continued in said Company but a few days short of a month in consequence of ill health - and that he the said Eben Goodenow entered as a Solder into said Heatwell's Company as a Substitute for his Brother Abner Goodenow - and that he the said Eben Goodenow served as a Solder in said Company at Old Rutland in the County of Worcester during the full term of his said Brother's enlistment being five months and a few days more according to the best of his recollection That said Company was stationed at Old Rutland for the purpose of guarding the British prisoners, and that after his term of service as for said had expired he returned home to Shrewsbury as the place of his then residence, and that in Worcester in the County of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts on the fall

of the year 1779. he served as a Soldier and as a substitute for his Father Thomas Goodnow who had previously enlisted into Capt Cookes Company of Militia in Massachusetts then stationed at Worcester upon for the purpose of guarding the Continental Stores So called and that he there served as a substitute as aforesaid three months according to the best of his recollection and that he was discharged at Worcester upon the expiration of said three months service that he moved from Barn in Massachusetts to Sherburne upon when he moved said forty four or forty five years since that he has no written discharge and has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no persons whom testimony he can procure who can testify to his services - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any State  Eben Goodnow  Given and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Samuel Swift Clerk
We Henry H. Eames and Allen Thurston residing in Barn in the County of Franklin and State of Vermont hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Eben Goodnow who has subscribed & sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be sixty five years of age & upwards that he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides & has been a Soldier in the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion Given & signed the day & year aforesaid  Allen Thurston  Samuel Swift Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certify, that it appears to them, that Mary H. Everest and Allen Hunniden are residents in the said town of Shoreham, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Sam l Swift Clerk.
I, Samuel Swift, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Addison in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Eber Goodnow for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Middlebury this 23 rd day of July A.D. 1832.
Sam l Swift Clerk

No 2014
Admitted
Private 8 months
826.66.

BRIEF in the case of Eben Goodenough of Shoreham in the State of Vermont (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
The County Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?
67 and upwards
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1778 fall 5 5. " private Gen. Mass. militia Entered after one month of this enlistment of his brother had expired, to supply his place under Capt. Hartwell   1779 3 " Substituted under Capt. Lock    8 Months.
5. In what battles was he engaged?
None mentioned
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Shrewsbury Massachusetts
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
By tradition
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Correct
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. M.uffield
Examining Clerk.

From the papers in the Revolutionary War pen- sion claim S. 13158, it appears that Eben or Eber
Aug
Rev. and 132.
Goodnow, while residing at Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, served as substitute for his brother, Abner Goodnow, from the fall of 1778 for five months as and a few days in Captain Hartwell's Company, Colonel Ward's Massachusetts Regiment; and from the fall of 1779, as substitute for his father, Thomas Goodnow, for three months in Captain Cook's Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 24, 1832, while a resident of Shoreham, Addison County, Vermont, aged sixty-seven years.
In 1835, he was living in Canton, St. Lawrence County, Vermont . New York
There are no data as to family, other than the reference to father and brother, as stated above.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
1" of this letter in Rev claim Ebenezer Goodnow S. 38739

Oct. 21 st Mr. B. Brine
FREE!
J. L. Edwards Esq. Com r of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Brother
— G. J. English Sept 30 - '35

Sam P. Burlington Sept 30. 1835
J. L. Edwards Esq
Com d of Pensions
Sir
Colr Goodnow inserted on the roll of the Vermont Agency at the rate twenty six 66 / 100 dollars Pr Annum, was last paid to the 4 th of March 1835 on the 17 th of same month as appears by our roll
Very Respectfully Your Obed t Serv t
R. H. Hoke For E. T. English by Mr. Hays for Pensions

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Nov. 30 th , 1841.
Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Eber Goodnow — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of twenty Six Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1840, to the 4 th March 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
William L. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Aug 31 54
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Hon J. L. Edwards Commis r of Pensions Washington D.C.
am. Aug 31 1853-
John Woodson

Canton St. Lawrence Co. N.Y. August 22 nd 1835
To the Hon. J. L. Edwards Comm ee of Pensions
Sir
I, Eben Goodenow, late of the Town of Shoreham in the State of Vermont, a revolutionary pensioner under the Law of the 7 th June 1832 at the rate of $26 66 / 100 per annum No. of certificate #465, on the roll of the Vermont agency, having removed to the Town of Canton County of St Lawrence and State of New York, do request that my name may be transferred from the roll of the Vermont, to that of the New York agency.
Respectfully your O ur Servant
Eben Goodenow
By request of Mr. Goodenow, who has become a resident of Canton N.Y. who finds it now more convenient for him to receive his pension from the New York agency instead of the Vermont, I forward his request to that effect above. A certificate of transfer addressed to him or myself will oblige
Very Respectfully Your O ur Servant Theodore L. Russell

Canton N.Y. Sept. 12 1835 Sept 21 M c Pherson
for
Hon. J. L. Edwards Comm r of Pensions Washington D.C.

Canton N. Law. Co N.Y. Sep 12. 1835
Hon J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions Sir
Enclosed find affo. for transfer of Ebre Goodwin's pension, with clerk's certificate of signatures, & official character of Magistrate, agreeably to the regulations, a copy of which I had the favor to receive from the Department.
Respectfully Yours & M. Servant Frederick Russell

William Amick Eben Goodenow
Verm t to Albany & York
Oct 20 th

State of New York
County of St Lawrence p: On this tenth day of September 1835 personally appeared before me the above described a justice of the peace of the aforesaid County William Ames of the Town of Canton in said County, to me well known (and whom I certify) to be a person of undoubted veracity and integrity and being justly by me duly sworn according to law, did depose and make oath, that he is sixty six years of age; that he has known and been acquainted with Eber Goodnow late of the Town of Shoreham in the State of Vermont, and now of the Town of Canton in the County aforesaid, for the space of forty years last past, and knows him to be the person described in and who subscribed and made oath to the foregoing deposition.
[the words "William Ames of the Town of Canton in said County" intoned and noted by me before taking certifying this deposition]
Sworn to and subscribed before } William Ames me the day and year aforesaid
Samuel Buck Justice of the Peace
State of New York St Lawrence County p: I Alvin C. Son Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Samuel Buck Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit purport to have been made was at the time of taking the said affidavit a Justice of the Peace

in and for the County aforesaid duly elected and sworn And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice of the Peace and verily believe that the signatures to the said affidavits are genuine
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 11 th day of September 1835
A. S. W. Clark

Application for a Transfer
State of New York
County of St Lawrence p: On this tenth day of September 1835 before me, the subscriber a justice of the peace for the said County of St Lawrence personally appeared Eber Goodenow, who on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Hartwell in the regiment commanded by Colonel Ward in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the Pension roll of the State of Vermont from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State of New York, where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Vermont to Canton in the aforesaid County of St Lawrence viz: he was wishing to purchase some land and could purchase land of same quality in said County of St Lawrence much cheaper than he could, in Vermont, and has made such purchase where he now resides.
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid. Eber Goodenow
Levi Buck Justice of the Peace

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section LB
October 23, 1930
Mrs. Daisy D. Williams 3230 South 40th Street Lincoln, Nebraska
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 13158, that Eben or Eber Goodnow, while residing at Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, served as substitute for his brother, Abner Goodnow, from the fall of 1778 for five months and a few days in Captain Hartwell's company, Colonel Ward's Massachusetts regiment; and from the fall of 1779, as substitute for his father, Thomas Goodnow, for three months in Captain Cook's company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 24, 1832, while a resident of Shoreham, Addison County, Vermont, aged sixty-seven years.
In 1835, he was living in Canton, Saint Lawrence County, New York.
There are no data as to family, other than the reference to father and brother, as stated above.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

3230 South 40 th Street Lincoln, Nebraska Oct 5 1930
Pension Bureau Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
The Pension Census of 1840. Canton, St Lawrence Co. N.Y. (Page 97) shows that Eber Goodnow at the age of 75, was receiving a pension for Revolutionary and military service.
Will you kindly send me all the data you can in regard to his service - where and when he served, etc; where he was born or whatever your record shows?
If there is a charge for this information kindly let me know and I will remit.
Thanking you for an early reply, I am
Very truly yours
(Mrs) Daisy D. Williams
This information is for D.A.R. purposes.

Cornwall-on-Hudson, N.Y. Oct. 13/1927
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: I am preparing a family history of my husband's family, and am desirous of getting particulars regarding the Revolutionary service of the family's ancestors. Several by the name Ebenezer Goodenow, Goodenough, etc., to the number I am told, of nineteen different spellings, served in the Revolution. So far as I know, these Ebenezers of similar surnames, were mostly from Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
Will you kindly have sent to me, a copy of whatever records you have of the Ebenezer Goodenows, Goodenoughs, etc., or of their families, who are listed in the Pension records of the Revolution?
I am especially interested in the Ebenezer Goodenow (in varied spellings) - of Holden, Mass. and later of Guilford, Vermont. Would your records show that his wife was Tabitha Nichols? Whatever records you (over)

2 can send me of any of these Ebenezers or their families, will be much appreciated; as I wish to make my history as interesting as possible.
Thanking you, I am,
Very truly,
Mrs. L. G. Goodnough
P. O. Box 473,
Cornwall-on-Hudson, N.Y.
(Enclosure: Stamped, addressed envelope.)

Letter herewith has just come to my attention, it having been mislaid when received. Having written you last week, asking similar information, thought well to reply to this at once, possibly saving you an extra search again.
Ebenezer Goodnough or Goodenow (or similar) was born at Westboro, Mass., April 24, 1739. He married Tabitha Nichols at Holden, Mass., April 1, 1762. Soon after marriage, they moved to Guilford, Vermont, just then being settled. He lived in Guilford the rest of his life, so far as I have learned; and though we haven't the exact date of his death, he is understood to have lived to be over ninety years of age.
If this information would help in the search, it could be utilized. Also from Holden, Mass. , we learn that someone from there named Ebenezer Goodenow, was in Capt. John Bigelow's Company. If there is no further information available I thank you for your courtesy in investigating the preceding, just the same, Mrs. Goodnough

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
3-1865
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON May 31, 1927.
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Mrs. L. G. Goodnough, P. O. Box 473, Cornwall-on-Hudson, N. Y.
Madam:
I have to advise you, that the Revolutionary War records of this bureau fails to afford information in regard to an Ebenezer Goodnough, under any spelling of that name who served in the Vermont Troops, or is shown to have lived at Guilford, Vermont, but if you desire another search of said records for him and he ever lived at any other place and you will so state, also furnishing the approximate dates of his birth and death, places of residence after the war, or any other data in your possession relative to him, another examination of the records will be made in your behalf.
It is not known where, or whether you could obtain a list of all soldiers of the Revolution under the surname Goodnough, under its various spellings.
There is no general genealogical data in the files of this bureau.
Respectfully,
Winfield Scott
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.
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Rev War
13158 INVALID.
File No. 13158
Eben Goodnow Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: —Vol. 1 , Page 146
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Eben Goodnow and Eben Goodnow * Records corrected. Jan. 20/06. S.
1924-Act 24-1720 to Mrs. S. G. Goodnow 1930-Act 23- " Mrs. Daisy D. Williams